Episodes

EP020 - Guest Kevin Ertell, SVP Sur La Table News: Amazon Dash buttons get an update Next Generation Apple Store opens in Memphis, TN Lululemon new pants wall Facebook Messenger Getting a Wallet Upcoming Events F8 - Facebook Developer Conference April 12+13 Google I/O Developer Conference May 18-20 Guest Kevin Ertell, SVP Digital Sur La Table @kevinertell Cart Talk - a great example of social proof being employed by Sur La Table, getting feedback immediately after purchase. Sur La Table is wo...

EP019 - Grocery Commerce, Adobe & Bronto Summits, Apple Pay News and More

EP018 - Target "Goldfish", Instacart, and Amazon Peeves Amazon News: This week is the 10th anniversary of AWS. Stratechery has a great piece about how Amazon leverages AWS with it's novel strategy for scale Journalists touring Amazon Fulfillment centers, noticed that Amazon uses video shaming to discourage theft. You can take your own tour of an Amazon FC by signing up here. Dropbox announced that they are (mostly) moving off of AWS and developing their own storage. Walmart has released OneOps...

EP017 - JCP, Gap, CostCo, URBN News, February Same Store Sales, Search & Category Page Usability, and Upcoming Events JCP does not plan to close stores Marvin Ellison, JCP CEO: “What’s more, Penney has noticed that when it closes a store, online sales in the surrounding area also fall because awareness of the J.C. Penney brand falters” “Ellison last month told investors that shoppers coming in to pick up an online order typically end up spending another 35% on that trip” Was Ron Johnson right?...

EP016 - Mobile World Congress, Target Earnings, Sports Authority Chapter 11, and Book Recommendations Mobile World Congress recap: Mobile Connect - http://www.gsma.com/personaldata/personal-data-programme Echoss - http://www.12cm.co.kr/en/12cm Viewport fragmentation Q4 results continue to come in: Target Comp sales up 1.9 vs Walmart 0.6% Signature Categories up 6% Traffic up 5 consecutive quarters Q4 E-Com Up 34% vs Walmart 8% 30% of orders fulfilled from stores (40% OOS in FC) E-commerce up 3...

EP015 - eBags co-founder Peter Cobb, Google SERPs and Amazon Peter Cobb, co-founder of eBags and e-commerce pioneer shares his insight and learnings from 17 years of growing a profitable pure-play e-commerce site Our discussion includes, the founding of ebags, shop.org, the future of pure-plays e-commerce sites, brands going direct, private label and the evolution of mobile. Google has made changes to it's SERPs which will effect many e-commerce sites. Amazon opened it's 11 fulfillment cente...

EP014 - Walmart E-Com, NYC Retail, Amazon Apparel

EP013 - SuperBowl, VR, Future of Malls, and why responsive design is a bad idea Recap of Superbowl Ads. Including ads from Amazon, Paypal, and Dollar Shave Club. Digital Calls to action in ads. And mobile engagement with those ads. Are stale fashion trends curtailing woman's apparel sales, or is it another example of Amazon eating the world? Google, Apple, and Alibaba all make new investments in VR. January Same Store Sales data from Channel Advisor looks encouraging. Amazon rumors about lo...

EP012 - Amazon Retail Stores, Google Earnings, Subscriptions, and Marketplaces. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.

EP011 - E-commerce Companies Q4 Earnings Recap

EP010 - NRF Big Show Recap, Amazon Updates, and new Google PLA format Robots! Smartshelfs What's the future for beacons? AR/VR Electronic Shelf Labels and Dynamic Pricing NRF Whispers - Was this a tough holiday season for Brick & Mortar? Are shipping rates going up (even though gas prices are at historic lows)? Amazon assortment is growing dramatically. Amazon is the top brand in the US (per YouGov study) Amazon launches it's new replenishment service Google tests a new PLA format ht...

EP009 - CES Recap, NRF Preview, #RIPPurePlay, Amazon, Holiday Recap

Episode 8 covers Jason & Scot's predictions for 2016, as well as Scots recent visit to the Amazon store, and Jason't visit to the CES show.

Episode 7 covers an update on brick and mortar holiday sales. The top 5 online shopping days. Shipping woes for UPS, Fedex, and Jet. Is e-commerce at a tipping point in-terms of overtaking brick and mortar sales? And a discussion about how large Amazon really is. http://retailgeek.com/podcast oin your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world o...

EP006 - Korea Commerce, Holiday Update, Daily Deal Sites, Nordstrom Investments

EP005 - Chat Commerce, Gen Z, New Retail, and Walmart Payments.

Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. EP004 - Post holiday recap, mobile, top products, Amazon news Complete show notes are available at http://retailgeek.com/podcast

EP003 - Holiday Edition, Comscore Q3 Report, Same Store Sales Results, Holiday Forecasts, Benchmarking data, Amazon News

Episode 2 covers the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Internet/E-commerce 10th Annual Holiday Pricing Survey, a discussion about the future of retail, and how robots are improving the retail experience. Links: http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2015-11-16/retail-earnings-slowing-internet-sales-aren-t-helping http://www.with.me/retail/shopwithme-store http://www.lowesinnovationlabs.com/innovation-robots/ http://www.simberobotics.com/ http://amazorobotics.com http://amazonfctours.com Hosts: ...

This episodes covers singles day, the personalization paradox, Channel Advisor SSS report, holiday promotions trends, and digital wallet news